The iRobot Root® Brick Top (RA103) is a creative building accessory designed to expand what students can design, construct, and code with their Root® coding robots. This single-unit Brick Top attaches securely to a compatible Root robot, allowing students to build on top using common interlocking bricks and transform robotics lessons into hands-on engineering experiences.

Perfect for classrooms, makerspaces, STEM labs, robotics clubs, and home learning, the Root® Brick Top enables students to combine coding with physical design, encouraging creativity, problem-solving, and real-world engineering thinking. From simple builds to complex mechanisms, this accessory helps bring coding projects to life.

🧱 Key Features

• Single Brick Top accessory: Individual unit ideal for replacing, expanding, or customizing Root robot builds.
• Build on your robot: Designed to support construction using common interlocking building bricks.
• Compatible with Root® robots: Works with both Root® rt0 and Root® rt1 coding robots.
• Encourages engineering design: Adds hands-on building and prototyping to coding lessons.
• Supports creative projects: Build costumes, mechanisms, tools, and themed designs.
• Enhances project-based learning: Encourages experimentation, iteration, and problem-solving.
• Accessory-ready classroom expansion: A simple way to extend the functionality of existing Root robots.
• Lightweight and easy to attach: Designed for quick classroom setup and student use.

🤖 Compatibility

Designed for use with compatible iRobot Root® coding robots:

• Root® rt0 Coding Robot
• Root® rt1 Coding Robot

📦 What’s Included

• 1 × Root® Brick Top accessory

Please note: Root® coding robot and building bricks are sold separately.

🧠 Classroom & STEM Applications

• Engineering challenges: Design and build functional structures on top of robots.
• Creative storytelling: Turn robots into characters, vehicles, or themed creations.
• Mechanism building: Create simple machines, launchers, or interactive components.
• Prototype development: Test and refine student-built designs through coding.
• Collaborative learning: Ideal for group projects, STEM stations, and makerspaces.

🚀 Example Build Ideas

• Robot costumes or themed characters
• Mini vehicles or attachments
• Simple catapults or launchers
• Drawing or marker extensions
• Custom STEM invention projects

📦 Technical Specifications

📚 Ideal For

• STEM and STEAM classrooms
• Makerspaces and innovation labs
• Robotics clubs and coding programs
• Engineering and design challenges
• Creative classroom building activities
• Students combining coding with hands-on construction

Expand your robotics creativity. The Root® Brick Top transforms coding robots into buildable platforms, helping students connect programming with engineering, design thinking, and hands-on invention.

Please note: This product includes one Brick Top accessory only. Root® coding robot and building bricks are not included.